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Photon OS 1.0: Salt PHSA-2021-1.0-0364

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146878

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the salt package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-1.0-364.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 146878

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2021-1_0-0364_salt.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 2/27/2021

Updated: 11/9/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:1.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:salt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/PhotonOS/release, Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2021

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SaltStack Salt API Unauthenticated RCE through wheel_async client)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28243, CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282, CVE-2021-25283, CVE-2021-25284, CVE-2021-3144, CVE-2021-3148, CVE-2021-3197

IAVA: 2021-A-0112-S